| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-17页 |
| ·Rationale for the Choice of Subject Matter | 第11-12页 |
| ·Rationale for the Choice of Methodology | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization and Supplementary Explanation of the Study | 第14-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Data | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATUREREVIEW | 第17-24页 |
| ·Previous Study on Forensic Linguistics | 第17-21页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第17-19页 |
| ·Studies in China | 第19-21页 |
| ·Critical Discourse Analysis | 第21-24页 |
| ·Critical Discourse Analysis | 第21-22页 |
| ·Rethink of the Combination of CDA and SFG | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF COURTROOM DISCOURSE | 第24-35页 |
| ·Stages of Criminal Trials in China | 第24-25页 |
| ·Distribution of Roles in Courtroom Trials | 第25-29页 |
| ·Judge as the Organizer | 第27-28页 |
| ·Judges as the Monitor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Judges as the Arbitrator | 第29页 |
| ·Characteristics of Courtroom Discourse | 第29-33页 |
| ·Institutional Purposes of Courtroom Discourse | 第30页 |
| ·Professional Words and Phrases | 第30页 |
| ·Formality of Turn-taking in Courtroom Discourse | 第30-31页 |
| ·Predictable Discourse in the Trial | 第31-32页 |
| ·Identity Consciousness of Participants | 第32-33页 |
| ·Patterns of Questions of Judges | 第33-35页 |
| ·Procedural Questions | 第33-34页 |
| ·Substantive Questions | 第34-35页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR POWER CONTROL IN COURTROOM DISCOURSE | 第35-44页 |
| ·Discourse and Power | 第35-37页 |
| ·Definition | 第35-36页 |
| ·Discourse and Power | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Approaches to Realizing Power Control in Courtroom Discourse | 第37-44页 |
| ·At the Level of Discourse Strategies | 第38-41页 |
| ·At the Level of Social Interaction | 第41-44页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DISCOURSE STRATEGIES IN COURTROOM TRIALS | 第44-55页 |
| ·Discourse Strategies for Judges | 第44-49页 |
| ·Full Performance of the Institutional Discourse Power of Judges | 第44-45页 |
| ·Techniques in Asking Questions | 第45-48页 |
| ·Avoid Inequitable Preconception toward the Defendants | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Usage of Plain Language | 第49页 |
| ·Discourse Strategies for Defendants | 第49-55页 |
| ·Adequate Performance of Defendants' Discourse Power | 第49-50页 |
| ·Full Comprehension to Questions | 第50-51页 |
| ·Strategy against Reformulation, Leading questions and Presupposition | 第51-53页 |
| ·Appropriate Use of Fuzzy Language | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第55-58页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Implications to Judicial Practice | 第56-57页 |
| ·Popularization of Legal Language | 第56页 |
| ·Neutrality of Judges | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第57-58页 |
| APPENDIX | 第58-59页 |
| REFERENCES | 第59-61页 |